The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 22, 2026

Hiller 8RJ2B

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Hiller 8RJ2B engine, rated at about 4 horsepower. The Canon Jack HJ1 HORNET-VH-32 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1953 and 2020.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Hiller 8RJ2B. FAA spelling: 8RJ2B.

Fitted to model families

Canon Jack HJ1 HORNET-VH-321Edward G Folks FJ-2A1Hiller HH-1201
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Canon Jack HJ1 HORNET-VH-321
Edward G Folks FJ-2A1
Hiller HH-1201

Canon Jack HJ1 HORNET-VH-32 · Edward G Folks FJ-2A · Hiller HH-120

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Texas1
Florida1
California1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Helicopters3100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19501
20201

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Hiller 8RJ2B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-280, held by Hiller Helicopters). No FAA order in the current files names this engine series.

Certificates and bulletins

E-280Type certificate held by Hiller Helicopters · 1 model listed · revised December 17, 1954

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Where they are
Biggest operators

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/hiller-8rj2b.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N269EF Edward G Folks
FJ-2A
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2018-02-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3781G Hiller
HH-120
Rotorcraft Classic Rotors Museum
Ramona, California
Experimental 2004-06-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N125JC Canon Jack
HJ1 HORNET-VH-32
Rotorcraft Individual owner
Florida
Experimental 1996-07-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 22, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.